Spring Directed Drawings for May - Mother’s Day, butterfly, chick, flower

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My students loved these directed drawings! I really like the fonts and design of them as well! Thank you!
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You will love this bundle of weekly directed drawings for May (spring-themed)! Teach and build drawing skills and following directions with these versatile printable directed drawing and writing activities for the month of May. May's 5 directed drawings include a butterfly, caterpillar, mom (for Mother's Day), flower, and chicken. These make the perfect companions for your spring and Mother's Day lessons!

Are you tired of searching for kid-friendly directed drawing activities that you can teach quickly and easily, or throw into a sub-plan? This kid-approved, NO-PREP directed drawing resource is all you need to supply your art center or for your directed drawing lessons for a month!

Teach one directed drawing each week using the differentiated Drawing Mats to build drawing skills. These 5 different directed drawings can be used for your art lessons, independent drawing activities, or combined with seasonal writing.

Want a set of directed drawings and writing activities for the entire school year? Check out the Directed Drawing Mats BUNDLE that is available for a SPECIAL DISCOUNT (It includes a FREE Bonus Directed Drawing Calendar that makes the perfect keepsake gift).

Why YOU NEED Drawing Mats!

  • You will build confidence and ability through repeated drawing activities.
  • This resource saves you time as it is already ready for you!
  • This zero-prep, versatile resource is great for independent drawing practice, whole group lessons, sub-plans, morning work, art centers, online lessons, and more!
  • Drawing Mats are differentiated to meet the needs of your learners. With the different variations, there is something for all.
  • The drawings are fun to draw and chosen to keep interest high! The directed drawings are seasonal and include holidays that kids relate to.
  • Each directed drawing can be completed on the sheets provided or separately as a whole class art lesson.

Drawing Mats provide a lot of practice each week to help build drawing skills, following step-by-step instructions, and writing skills. Students can also color or paint their creations after drawing or write a story about the character they created.

What is included in each month of Drawing Mats!

There are many different variations included!

  1. Students follow each of the 6 steps provided in order and draw in the space provided.
  2. Students follow each of the 4 steps provided in order and draw in the space provided.
  3. Read each step orally from the instruction sheet or cut the instruction sheet into 6 sheets and staple to create a booklet. Follow the instructions and draw on one of the 2 blank sheets provided or on your own choice of art paper.
  4. Students complete their directed drawing in the empty space and write a story about their drawing. 3 different variations included (2 lines and 1 with lines and 6 steps to follow).
  5. A cover page and extra writing sheets are included!

Look at the PREVIEW for a look at Drawing Mats up close, completed samples, and the variety of pages included!

May/Spring Directed Drawings

  • Caterpillar
  • Butterfly
  • Mom (Mother's Day)
  • Chicken
  • Flower

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Please ask all questions before purchasing or email me at elyse@proudtobeprimary.com.

Terms of Use: This product is licensed for personal classroom use ONLY unless multiple licenses are purchased. Your purchase grants you a license to use in a secure, password-protected online platform (such as Google Classroom) with your students only. You may not transfer or share with another teacher or use for commercial purposes (Outschool, etc.).

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Total Pages
48 pages
Answer Key
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Teaching Duration
1 month
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to see state-specific standards (only available in the US).
Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose opinion pieces in which they tell a reader the topic or the name of the book they are writing about and state an opinion or preference about the topic or book (e.g., My favorite book is...).
Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose informative/explanatory texts in which they name what they are writing about and supply some information about the topic.
Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to narrate a single event or several loosely linked events, tell about the events in the order in which they occurred, and provide a reaction to what happened.
Write opinion pieces in which they introduce the topic or name the book they are writing about, state an opinion, supply a reason for the opinion, and provide some sense of closure.
Write informative/explanatory texts in which they name a topic, supply some facts about the topic, and provide some sense of closure.

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